>THISFORM.text18.VALUE=(var1+var2)-THISFORM.text17.VALUE
>
>IIF (THISFORM.text18.VALUE <0,THISFORM.text18.FORECOLOR=RGB(255,0,0) , THISFORM.text18.FORECOLOR=RGB(0,0,0))
>
>I want the font show in red if the value is negative
>

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